My question is whether all the excess energy that is left every day always go to fat, or can it be wasted or disposed of somehow? (for example by not digesting everything to 100 percent?)
Now, I am ...

A friend of mine told me that you can pretty much eat whatever you want within about 15 minutes of a big exercise session without putting on weight. I can't really understand the science behind this. ...

I see all kinds of commercials on the TV about how to lose X amount of weight in Y amount of time, and how this old guy looks surprisingly like this younger guy, even though he's not supposed to. My ...

I am looking for some diatary ways to keep my metabolism high, especially between meals.
What kinds of foods or supliments can help keep your body processing long after you've consumed them?
Ideally ...

I hear sometimes that after running you should wait with eating for 30 or 40 minutes (may be the metabolism is still in fat burning mode?).
What is the reason for this advice? How long exactly should ...

A friend of mine has obviously brought her metabolism into starvation mode by performing strict low-calorie diets (without any exercise) for over ten years. This has resulted in a yo-yo effect where ...

About eight years ago, I lost a significant amount of weight using Dr Atkins' ketogenic diet; unfortunately, I gradually let my food intake slide afterwards. I since gained some weight back, but I'm ...

I was considering taking part in marathon, but recently I came across this article. To summarize, the author claims that long distance running, and actually any cardio done for hours at or above 65 ...

By supplementing my running with working additional muscle groups, can I increase my metabolism? I'm thinking of doing about 30 situps 30 pushups before running and gradually building up. I might add ...

I hear this term quite a lot - "if you exercise it will boost your metabolism". The implication generally being that if you do some exercise not only will the exercise burn some calories, but you will ...

I am pretty active,but nursing injuries now. I haven't started lifting heavy yet.
I have come across many sites that suggest ectomorphs to train with compound moves only while a few others opine that ...

My question is basically whether aerobic exercise training makes one more effective at utilizing a greater proportion of FFAs (free fatty acids) as opposed to glucose under resting conditions. So this ...

I weight 242 lbs (110kg) with 5' 9" (182cm). I want to lose weight.
My workout the last month was to walk an hour every other day.
Right now walk doesn't make me feel tired, so I run. But I can only ...

I've recently joined a local gym to try and supplement my martial arts training, and as a result I have been getting a lot more exercise recently (I'm still in the over-enthusiastic early phase where ...

For a long time I was consuming 4000 calories a day. This was between soda and various "junk foods". I was surprised to find my protein, carb and fat levels were pretty close to what they should have ...

I know several metabolic equations for estimating VO2 (and therefore calories burned) for steady state exercise, but how is VO2 and caloric expenditure estimated through exercises like power lifting ...

I've certainly been taught breakfast is the most important meal of the day because while you sleep it's the longest period of time the body goes without food. Someone told me today that there is no ...

The question says it all: How can I increase the mitochondrial biogenesis? (The creation of new mitochondria)
All sources I found say, that it is increased if there's enough demand. So what kind of ...

T-Nation has an article about metabolic damage on their site, shown here:
http://www.t-nation.com/diet-fat-loss/truth-about-metabolic-damage
In short it basically talks how your weight loss progress ...

I started regular exercising a few months back (after years of being not so active). I have now been regularly spending 1h on the treadmill every other day and started losing weight. I am of course ...

I've always wanted to try a fast for 1 - 2 days (but with water!) for religious purposes, but I'm always scared it may result in a slowed metabolism or some sort of health problem.
Will a 2 day fast ...

My intuition tells me the following:
Let's assume on top of my regular diet, I eat a cupcake and as a result of eating that cupcake I put on 50g of fat.
Now lets let's assume instead of eating one of ...

I want to know the exact formula to calculate metabolic age. How do i get the average bmr of people in the chronological age group? Is here any link I could get regarding the calculation?
Explanation ...

I seem to have a very fast metabolism, ever since I was a teenager.
For instance I easily consume 500 calories from non-diet sugar based soda a day and then may typically consumer anywhere from 1500 ...

I want to know how many calories I lose per day. Tracking amount of calorie I take wouldn't be a problem if I read labels in food.
But how do I know how much calorie I'm loosing?
On the weekdays,
I ...